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Relics are the backbone of every successfulHell Clockbuild. They’re powerful, slottable items that can change your playstyle, diversify your skills, and unlock unique synergies with other relics and skills. Some relics change the damage type of skills, while others transform how they work entirely.
Knowing which ones align best with your skills, whether you rely on lightning-fast melee, sustained summons, or big AoE damage, can drastically improve your performance. Strategic relic choices shape how each run unfolds, turning solid builds into unstoppable forces.
Hell Clock Relic Tier List
Unique Relicsshape each build differentlyin Hell Clock, and not all relics are equal in power. Somecompletely transform a build, while others offer situational utility or minor stat boosts.
Explanation
S
Powerful,game-changing relicsthat define builds and are used to clear endgame content.
A
Excellent relics that stronglysupport focused strategies. High synergy, versatile roles, and common in competitive builds.
B
Solid niche relics.Works in specific builds but typically requires more setup.
C
Underpowered or situational relics.Redundant or better options.
This tier list ranks relics fromS through C based on power, versatility, and synergy with widely played builds.
Ashes of Mourning
Converts damage to Plague and restores cooldowns on hit.
One of thestrongest for rapid fire cooldown builds. Synergizes extremely well with AoE skills like Bombardment.
Battered Sheath
Knives bounce to other targets.
Significantly improves Reflexes' crowd controland overall DPS, especially in clustered fights.
Bundle of Syringes
Gain Bloodshot stacks from lifesteal to increase melee damage.
Amazing stacking damage buff for melee builds with sustain. Especially powerful withDouble Knives or Matadeira.
Colonel’s Insignia
Bombardment follows the player and gains increased damage rate.
Makes Bombardment a mobile auto-attack spam tool. Exceptional forsustained AoE and cooldown builds.
Death Notary
Slow Time exposes enemies (they take extra damage) and restores mana on exposed kills.
Provides mana uptimeand makes enemies vulnerable to all damage while inside.
Feathered Dagger
Veil of Quills pierces enemies and deals reduced damage per pierce.
Holy Water
Potions grant convexity instead of life and reduce Conviction decay.
Converts consumables into conviction gain. Very powerful support in Closed Body builds.
Last Prayer
Kills with Repeater trigger Plague explosion.
Clears massive wavesand works well with Repeater spam. Excellent in discipline/projectile builds.
Mark of the Vulture
Slow Time area grants passive conviction and slows conviction decay.
Combinesmana sustain,conviction conversion, and control.
Poem Never Recited
Slow Time applies oil to enemies, causing faster, stronger Ignite.
Transforms Slow Time into offensive ignite tool. High synergywith burn builds.
Scout’s Medal
Double Knives no longer slows you while active.
Removes a key drawback of Double Knives andallows mobile spin to win builds.
Silver Bullets
Kills grant conviction. Marksman skills spend conviction to deal bonus physical damage.
Grants extra charges and damage for Matadeira.
Addspowerful burstand AoE Damage.
Tempest
Double Knives scales with movement speed and converts damage to lightning. Crits trigger area electric waves.
Best in spin to win builds withmassive scaling potential, sustain, and AoE synergy.
Written Promise
Spells deal bonus damage equal to a percentage of your conviction.
High damagein Conviction builds, and huge damage added to spells and AoEs.
At the top of the relic hierarchy, Ashes of Mourning, Last Prayer, and Future Weapon define flaming AoE builds bytransforming individual hits into explosive crowd-clearing potential.
Ashes of Mourning converts Bombardment damage to plague andrestores cooldowns on hit, a huge change for sustained spam attacks. Last Prayer makesRepeater kills detonatein small plague explosions. Meanwhile, Future Weapontransforms Phantom Marksmeninto a bounce fire artillery.
Use Bundle of Syringes with lifesteal builds tobuild massive melee damage stacks.
Equally elite are Mother of Perpetual Help, Poem Never Recited, and Tempest, which turn defense and mobility into offense. Mother of Perpetual Helpturns Slow Time into a Mana to Conviction converterwhile slowing decay. Poem Never Recited applies ignitable oil to enemies in that zone forpowerful burn stacks.Tempest transforms Double Knives into anelectrical stormwhose damage scales with movement andcritical hits spawn electric waves.
Why A Tier
Ancestral Memory
Summons a spirit that copies the skill for bonus damage (scales with Summon).
Adds reliable, scaling summon synergyfor Feitor Lash builds. Best when supported by Summon/Faith upgrades.
Barbed Wire
Always applies Bleed, dealing bonus Bleed damage.
Excellent for stacking Bleed DPS builds, especially whenpaired with lifestealor crit blessings.
Banner of Faith
Converts part of Double Knives damage to Life.
Lifesteal conversion makes this relicperfect for melee sustain,especially in solo or low defense builds.
Bead Necklace
Fires automatically based on distance moved.
Great for mobility builds, especiallypaired with speed boostsor evasion. Encourages aggressive play.
Blunderbuss
Converts to a single powerful shot scaling with Projectile Amount.
Huge damage scaling for projectile builds. Converts Split Shot into atrue burst damage tool.
Book of Sin
Autocasts Judgement when marked enemies die.
Excellent forclearing wavesand automation for Faith builds. Less useful in boss fights.
Blue Calcite
Converts Reflexes damage to Lightning
Solidelemental synergy.Enables Reflexes builds to take advantage of Lightning relics and blessings.
Lifelink spreads damage.Excellent for AoE clearing or controlling groups.
Burning Shackles
Consumes Ignite to trigger Fire Damage explosions.
Strong burst and DoT synergy. Requires Ignite sources butboosts Feitor’s Lash damagesubstantially.
Caatinga Hunter
Each Reflexes knife hit grants stacking Movement and Melee Speed bonuses.
Increases mobility and DPSduring Reflexes spin. Synergizes well with bounce or elemental builds.
Call of the Guard
Summon the Guard doubles the number of guards for several seconds.
Crown of Thorns
Converts Holy Rosary’s damage to Physical and adds bleed chance.
Great forbleed builds requiring movementand crit synergy. Physical Rosary or bleed hybrid.
Energy Box
Passage leaves plague area, increases Passage damage area.
AddsAoE control and optional plague synergyfor mobility builds. Pairs well with cooldown play.
Garrison Supplies
During Prayer of Vengeance, Marksman skills fire extra projectiles at reduced damage.
Holy Rosary orbits at constant distance and gains bonus damage.
Looking Glass
Spell kills grant temporary mana regeneration.
Critical formana sustain in spell/summon builds. Enables prolonged casting without costing life or health.
Martyr
Closed Body grants additional conviction based on missing life on activation.
Great with builds that useinvulnerability stages.Scales with damage taken to boost shield uptime.
Providescrowd control on crits, and great for bleed builds.
Powder Bag
Marksman attacks on Ignited enemies cause fire explosions.
Strong for projectile and ignition builds. The extra explosion multiplies AoE.
Round Shot
Converts Matadeira to Physical damage with no DoT, increased base damage.
SimplifiesMatadeira into burst physical skill, and is useful where DoT is unreliable.
Skull of the Beast
Extremely strong in projectile and clearing buildsthat benefit from piercing.
Increases projectile scaling and makessummons even more deadly.
Toll of the Dead
Holy Rosary is cast from summons instead of the player.
TakesRosary builds into powerful, ability spamterritory.
A Tier relics offerstrong buffs to specific buildswithout being mandatory. They enhance damage, sustain, or crowd controlin reliable ways. Banner of Faith and Scout’s Medal makeDouble Knives fasterand safer to use, while Molten Relic, Blunderbuss, and Powder Bagupgrade projectile skillswith elemental effects or scaling.
Other standouts like Call of the Guard and Book of Sinadd summon pressure or automation, and Delicate Rosary or Looking Glassimprove mana sustain. While not game-breaking, these relicscreate powerful synergieswhen paired with the right skills or blessings.
Arapuca
Bonus damage to Slowed enemies.
Conditional bonus.Pairs well with slow buildsbut requires synergy from other skills or relics.
Bloodied Doll
Spells gain damage per active summon.
Niche, but powerfulwith correct Summoning loadouts. Requires specific builds to shine.
Blood Money
Brute revives using your HP.
Situational. Strong in summon tank setups, but theself damage can be riskywithout regen.
Bloody Thorn
Applies Bleed on Crit.
Strong for crit/bleed synergy builds, but less impactful solo. Works wellwith Barbed Wire.
Death Worship
Shadow Dash gains Melee tag and bonus damage.
MakesShadow Dash a viable offensive tool. Mostly supportive, less essential than core relics.
Disorientation
When Brute dies, it explodes dealing plague damage based on its max life.
Strong insummon/brute builds. Risky due to Brute’s death requirement; niche but impactful.
Final Reckoning
Prayer of Vengeance triggering Second Wind deals plague damage around player.
Addsreactive AoE burston survival. Good for hybrid support.
Heads or Tails
Prayer of Health gives percent chance to trigger Second Wind when dying.
Solid passive survival boost.Helps extend lifein tight runs but less reliable.
Addssustained zone control, but less impactful compared to instant effects.
Peace and Quiet
Situational use.Best when using Passage in crowded zones.
Righteous Blade
Prayer of Health emits a damaging fire aura at cost of life.
Risk versus reward skill.Strong when heavily stackedbut dangerous without healing and support.
Every nth Feitor’s Lash deals increased damage and larger AoE.
Niche defensive option.Mitigates damage on bleeding builds, but not vital.
Passage carries your summons along with you.
Supportssummon mobility.Useful but less central compared to summon doubling relics.
Relics in B Tier havemoderate utility or conditional bonusesthat support specific playstyles. Many, like Bloodied Doll and Mandacaru, require tailored builds,typically summoning or bleeds, to see full benefit. Others, like Blood Money or Righteous Blade, introducerisk-reward mechanics that can pay off, but need support from healing or sustain relics.
These relicsshine in hybrid or niche setupsbut aren’t universally valuable. Arapuca and Ticket add minor boosts to crowd control or summon mobility, while Heads or Tails and Final Reckoningbring survival toolswith limited activation chances. Solid picks, but often outclassed by higher-tier options.
Limited use.Helps Conviction stackingbut less useful than other summon relics.
Savior’s Shield
Ignited enemies deal reduced damage to you under Prayer of Health.
Niche defensive tool.Useful in fire Prayer builds but situational.
Skull of the Vulture
Shadow Dash on bleeding enemies applies pending Bleed instantly.
Excellent for burst damage and fighting elite enemies. Convertsranged dash into AoE finishers.
Summoning of Earth
Phantom Marksmen hits reduce enemies’ physical resistance.
Similar to Air.Enables elemental or physical stacking builds to land stronger responses.
The Sacrificed
Old Bell costs life instead of mana and deals damage based on max life.
Voice of War
Brute taunt grants bonus summon damage while active.
Passive summon buff. Helpful intank based buildsbut less impactful in offensive decks.
Wheel of Death
Shadow Dash no cooldown or mana cost, drains life.
Offers unlimited mobility butat a high cost; useful in aggressive playstyles but risky.
Relics in C Tier are highly situational oroutclassed by stronger alternatives. While some, like Skull of the Vulture or The Sacrificed,offer burst damage or alternative scaling methods, they require niche setups to succeed. Others, such as Voice of War or Breath Mask, provideminor summon or Conviction booststhat don’t significantly impact most builds.
Always stack cooldown reduction and early Great Bell upgrades likeSkill Levels, Reliquary Slots, and Second Windso you can slot more relics and survive in higher difficulty runs.
These relics may still be viable in very specific decks, like Wheel of Death forhigh risk mobilityor Skull of Wisdom for mana scaling, but generally lack the consistency, synergy, or value needed to compete with higher-ranked options. Use only ifthey fit your exact setup.
